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Murphy Oil (MUR) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Murphy Oil's Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.03% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.03%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.03%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.03%, 3.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.03% in Q4 2025 per MUR's latest filing, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.21% in Q1 2023 to a low of 0.11% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.08%, with a median of 0.07% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: rose 19bps in 2022, then dropped -11bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.03% in 2021, then soared by 473bps to 0.18% in 2022, then plummeted by -34bps to 0.12% in 2023, then tumbled by -40bps to 0.07% in 2024, then plummeted by -50bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MUR's Return on Capital Employed are 0.03% (Q4 2025), 0.04% (Q3 2025), and 0.06% (Q2 2025).